Orbital Magnetic Moment Instability at the Spin Reorientation Transition ofNd2Fe14B

Orbital magnetic moment instability at the spin reorientation transition of Nd2Fe14B

Highly accurate soft-XMCD data recorded on a Nd2Fe14B single crystal, through the spin reorientation transition show that the average Fe orbital moment (a) is proportional to the macroscopic Fe anisotropy constant, and (b) diverges 15 K below the reorientation transition temperature. This divergence is indicative of a critical behavior and it is related to a tetragonal distortion. These results...

Spin, Orbital, and Spin-Orbital Polarons in Transition Metal Oxides

I give a brief overview of a polaron formation in three distinct transition metal oxides: (i) spin polaron when a hole is added to the antiferromagnetic (AF) ordered plane in La2CuO4, (ii) orbital polaron when a hole is added to the alternating orbital (AO) ordered plane in LaMnO3, and (iii) spin-orbital polaron when a hole is added to the AF and AO ordered plane in LaVO3. Comparison of the dis...

Influence of magnetic fields on the spin reorientation transition in ultra-thin films

The dependence of the spin reorientation transition in ultra-thin ferromagnetic films on external magnetic fields is studied. For different orientations of the applied field with respect to the film, phase diagrams are calculated within a mean field theory for the classical Heisenberg model. In particular we find that the spin reorientation transition present in this model is not suppressed com...

Magnetic and structural characterization of nanosized BaCo_xZn_2-xFe_16O_27 hexaferrite in the vicinity of spin reorientation transition

Numerous applications of hexagonal ferrites are related to their easy axis or easy plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy configurations. Certain W-type ferrites undergo spin reorientation transitions (SRT) between different anisotropy states on magnetic field or temperature variation. The transition point can be tuned by modifying the chemical composition, which suggests a potential application o...

Is the magnetic anisotropy proportional to the orbital moment?